In this video, Greg covers the things you'll need to know when you start getting together with other people for informal picking or to start a band. These are topics that have been consistently requested by his students over the many years he's been teaching. Topics include: chord theory, structure & positions - count-offs - 'pre-ending' and ending licks - adapting various licks to different keys & positions, and much more! Tunes include: Arkansas Traveler (in C and D positions), 8th of January (in G and D positions), Pike County Breakdown and Wildwood Flower (in C and G positions). (Intermediate Level)(82 Min.) (Video & Tablature) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Greg Cahill Greg Cahill has Grammy nominations for one of his Banjo LPs, & several LPs by his Bluegrass Band, 'The Special Consensus'. He has recorded & performed with the likes of Jethro Burns & Byron Berline, & his playing can be heard on countless major radio & TV commercials & on recordings of various Country, Folk, & Bluegrass artists. If youíve seen a TV commercial featuring John Lithgow (from the hit TV series 'Third Rock from the Sun'), with a banjo, thatís actually Greg Cahill doing the playing! Greg has been featured twice on the cover of 'Banjo Newsletter' & appears periodically as a guest columnist. He teaches at 'The Old Town School of Folk Music' in his hometown of Chicago, & conducts workshops at music festivals & venues nationwide & internationally. He has toured with his band all over the U.S. and Canada, South America (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay), & Europe (England, Finland, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Switzerland. Greg is on the Board of Directors of the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), & is chairman of the IBMA 'Bluegrass in the Schools' committee.

One of the very best G tuning five-string bluegrass banjo methods available! The book teaches how to pick out tunes single-string style (one note at a time), how to play chord accompaniment, and how to play solos in the full three-finger, bluegrass style. Topics include note and tab reading, chord background styles, traditional bluegrass techniques, fills and endings, use of the capo, rolls, slides, hammers, pull-offs, choking, harmonics, and up-the-neck playing. In notation and tablature. The audio includes acoustic bass, acoustic guitar, and a rhythm track as well as the 5-string banjo. All songs and most exercises are included in this teaching recording, performed at a tempo that the student should be able to maintain in short order. Includes access to online audio.

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Bluegrass Slow Jam for the Total Beginner

An Ultra-Easy, No-Fail Play-Along Session. Any level, any instrument. Seventeen classic songs are played at a slow, easy tempo. Only four basic chords (G, C, D and A) are needed to be able to play along with the band. Includes important tips, advice and encouragement.

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Bluegrass Jamming DVD

Pete Wernick has the perfect solution for novice bluegrass players who want to start jamming, or for any picker wanting to build experience and confidence. He has created a video jam session so that players of any level can play along with some experienced musicians and get ready for the real thing.

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Bluegrass Practice Session

Here are solid back-ups to ten popular bluegrass instrumentals, recorded to provide practice for the lead fiddler, banjo picker, mandolinist or guitarist. Bill Keith, Happy Traum, Larry Campbell and Molly Mason play each tune several times through in both slowed-down and up-to-tempo versions.